Graphite too Expensive?
Today’s story, Graphite too Expensive, looks back a couple years after the introduction of the graphite rod and how the prices had come down.
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Tag: Johnny Morris
1975 Bass Master’s Classic Press Guide
The 1975 Bass Master’s Classic Press Guide. What makes this special is this Press Guide comes from the time when the Bass Master’s Classic was a mystery lake and very few people showed up at the event unless they were the anglers, B.A.S.S. staff or their families.
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Season at a Glance: 1976 Bassmaster Trail – Classic Six
Clunn was fishing a Fleck Weed-Wader spinnerbait rigged with bronze size 7 and 8 blades. Although it wasn’t stated, from the looks of the Fleck ads adjoining the Classic report, it appears that the blades were Indiana blades
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BPS Museum and Original Site
A few years later, after starting this site, I determined the original Brown Derby Bass Pro Shops was a few blocks away from the new BPS. If I ever got back to Springfield, I’d have to find the original.
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Season at a Glance: The 1976 Bassmaster Trail – Part One
Also notice the major names missing from the top-50 as of this time. Roland Martin hadn’t even finished in the points by the halfway mark and Tom Mann was sitting in 42nd place with two paltry finishes that awarded him points.
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The Out House 1977
Here’s a look back to 1977 and Ray Scott’s the Out House mail-order tackle catalog. The Out House started in 1973 and lasted through the 70s
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Ray Scott and the Out House
By 1973 he pretty much owned those parts of the market. Was there anything else he wanted in his empire? Evidently he wanted to expand into the tackle business and thus, the story of Ray Scott and the Out House mail-order catalog.
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